The Wit in the Dungeon: The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt-Poet, Revolutionary, and the Last of the Romantics

A portrait of the Romantic- and Victorian-era essayist, poet, and critic describes his relationship with such contemporaries as Keats, Shelley, and Dickens; his imprisonment for insulting the Prince of Wales; and his role in the creation of theater criticism. 25,000 first printing.